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Outbreak of Hepatitis A Virus Infection Among Adult Patients of a Mental Hospital — Los Angeles County, 2017

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2018

Curtis Croker ,
Susan Hathaway ,
Amy Marutani ,
Margilane Hernandez ,
Crystal Cadavid ,
Shobita Rajagopalan ,
Bessie Hwang  and
Moon Kim
Curtis Croker*
Affiliation:
Acute Communicable Disease Control Program, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, California
Susan Hathaway
Affiliation:
Acute Communicable Disease Control Program, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, California
Amy Marutani
Affiliation:
Acute Communicable Disease Control Program, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, California
Margilane Hernandez
Affiliation:
Community Health Services, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Whittier, California
Crystal Cadavid
Affiliation:
Acute Communicable Disease Control Program, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, California
Shobita Rajagopalan
Affiliation:
Community Health Services, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Whittier, California
Bessie Hwang
Affiliation:
Acute Communicable Disease Control Program, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, California
Moon Kim
Affiliation:
Acute Communicable Disease Control Program, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, California
*
Address correspondence to Curtis Croker, MPH, Acute Communicable Disease Control Program, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, 313 N Figueroa St, Room 222, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (ccroker@ph.lacounty.gov).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 39 , Issue 7 , July 2018 , pp. 881
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© 2018 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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